After 4 weeks of in-depth exploration of acting, postdramatic theatre, physical theatre and death, our final project premiers in 5 days. HOW TO (WATCH)/DEATH at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center as part of the Summer Youth Performance Workshop's performance. How do you watch death?
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 7PM.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
How To Watch: Death
Once we get this out of the way, we can move on to discussing the hard stuff.
Have you ever seen someone die? Did you watch? Did you turn away? Did it make your stomach knot up? Did you feel relief for them? For yourself? Where you selfish? Was it a surprise, the death? Did they look peaceful? Pained? Did it remind you of your own mortality? Was it scary? Did you see God? Did the dying person see God? Could you tell?
Was it morbid? Gross? Where you surprised by your reaction? Did it give you pause? Make you reflect on your own life?
Or, did you move beyond all the human cliches? Did you find a new...
I've been to funerals for both the old & young. I've never watched anyone die. I'm in no rush. It's likely I'll have to watch it at some point. But, maybe not.
Have you ever seen someone die? Did you watch? Did you turn away? Did it make your stomach knot up? Did you feel relief for them? For yourself? Where you selfish? Was it a surprise, the death? Did they look peaceful? Pained? Did it remind you of your own mortality? Was it scary? Did you see God? Did the dying person see God? Could you tell?
Was it morbid? Gross? Where you surprised by your reaction? Did it give you pause? Make you reflect on your own life?
Or, did you move beyond all the human cliches? Did you find a new...
I've been to funerals for both the old & young. I've never watched anyone die. I'm in no rush. It's likely I'll have to watch it at some point. But, maybe not.
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